kaleidograph
English
noun
Definitions
- A late 19th or early 20th century device for duplicating documents that use colored ink, consisting of a tray with a rubbery substance that takes an impression of the document and then transfers it onto blank sheets of paper.
- A device for projecting the colorful patterns produced by a kaleidoscope.
- (figurative) A changing visual display.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek καλός (beautiful, good).
Origin
Ancient Greek
καλός
Gloss
beautiful, good
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
✨ 👗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Calo English
- kaleidoscope English
- kalology English
- Kaleidoskop German
- Calimero Italian
- caleidoscopio Spanish, Castilian
- εἶδος Ancient Greek
- καλός Ancient Greek
- καλός κἀγαθός Ancient Greek
- καλῶς Ancient Greek
- *kal-wo-s Proto-Indo-European
- καλόγερος Greek (modern)
- calantha Translingual